Zoology & animal sciences
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Zoology & animal sciences
Paperback. Succinct, highly readable and thought provoking, this important new text is designed to raise awareness of the potential economic impact of companion animals in the UK. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFZ; MZC; MZDH; PSV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 201 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786391728
- ISBN
- 9781786391728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.40
€ 34.40
hardcover. Num Pages: 268 pages, figures, tables, 24 colour plates. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSVW6. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 250 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New India Publishing Agency India
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789380235165
- ISBN
- 9789380235165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.12
€ 164.12
Hardback. Spiders are among the most diverse groups of terrestrial invertebrates, yet they are among the least studied and understood. Suitable for curious naturalists who want to understand this ubiquitous and ecologically critical component of our biosphere, this introduction to spider biology and anatomy explains spider relationships. Illustrator(s): Buchanan, Steve. Num Pages: 288 pages, 88 color illustrations, 25 b/w photographs, 27 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 261 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1174. 288 pages, illustrations. Illustrator(s): Buchanan, Steve. Spiders are among the most diverse groups of terrestrial invertebrates, yet they are among the least studied and understood. Suitable for curious naturalists who want to understand this ubiquitous and ecologically critical component of our biosphere, this introduction to spider biology and anatomy explains spider relationships. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSVT7. Dimension: 187 x 261 x 26. Weight: 1166.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274884
- ISBN
- 9780520274884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.51
€ 112.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, col. Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820338255
- ISBN
- 9780820338255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.24
€ 26.99
€ 25.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, col. Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820338286
- ISBN
- 9780820338286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.60
€ 30.99
€ 28.60
Paperback. Fish travel in schools, birds migrate in flocks, honeybees swarm, and ants build trails. How and why do these collective behaviors occur? Exploring how coordinated group patterns emerge from individual interactions, this work reveals why animals produce group behaviors and examines their evolution across a range of species. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7 halftones. 61 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: PSVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148434
- ISBN
- 9780691148434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.79
€ 74.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 60 pages, b/w illus & tables. BIC Classification: PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616682934
- ISBN
- 9781616682934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.63€ 50.67
€ 71.63
€ 50.67
Paperback. Examines how the environment shapes the way an animal processes information and makes decisions, and how constraints imposed on nervous systems affect an animal's activities. To help answer these questions, this text integrates evolutionary ecology and cognitive science. Num Pages: 428 pages, 97 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAJ; PSVP; PSVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169330
- ISBN
- 9780226169330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.53
€ 72.53
Hardback. Explores the strikingly similar ways in which information is encoded in nonverbal man-made signals and animal-evolved signals. This book also considers some coding principles for reducing certain unwanted redundancies and explains how desirable redundancies enhance communication reliability. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 line illustrations, 14 tables. BIC Classification: GTE; PSVP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027954
- ISBN
- 9780674027954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.63
€ 80.63
Paperback. The cockroach could not have scuttled along, almost unchanged, for two hundred and fifty million years - some two hundred and forty-nine before man evolved - unless it was doing something right. This book examines the natural history, symbolism and cultural significance of this poorly understood and much-maligned insect. Series: Animal S. Num Pages: 200 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PSVT7; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 3540.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861891921
- ISBN
- 9781861891921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.49
€ 27.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, 165 color photos & 5 illus. BIC Classification: PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888396266
- ISBN
- 9780888396266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
This book presents a review on the influence of climate changes on urban and public pests such as mosquitoes, flies, termites, rodents and others, with respect to population, distribution, disease, damages and control. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PSV; RNPG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 180 x 251 x 18. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780645377
- ISBN
- 9781780645377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 145.58
€ 145.58
Hardcover. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: PSV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 266 x 189 x 17. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634634571
- ISBN
- 9781634634571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 281.94€ 208.88
€ 281.94
€ 208.88
Hardcover. Editor(s): Singh, Pranveer. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634639071
- ISBN
- 9781634639071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.52€ 190.32
€ 256.52
€ 190.32
hardcover. China is one of the world's largest developing agricultural countries and dominates the international livestock revolution in terms of its aggregate size and growth rate. Num Pages: 165 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781845932466
- ISBN
- 9781845932466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.67
€ 179.67
Paperback. As we watch the chimpanzees of Arnhem behave in ways we recognize from Machiavelli (and from the nightly news), de Waal reminds us again that the roots of politics are older than humanity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 135, 135 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVP; PSVW79. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 25th anniversary
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801886560
- ISBN
- 9780801886560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.63
€ 34.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. This text provides a detailed account of a predator-prey relationship involving two primates. It explores how predation by wild chimpanzees has influenced the behaviour, ecology and demography of a population of red colobus monkeys. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 halftones, 58 line illustrations, 37 tables. BIC Classification: PSVP; PSVW79. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007222
- ISBN
- 9780674007222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.20
€ 55.20
Paperback. "Novelist and essayist Brian Doyle describes encounters with astounding beings of every sort and shape in this collection of short vignettes. The book gathers previously unpublished work along with selections that have been published in Orion, The Sun, and The American Scholar, among others"-- Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870717543
- ISBN
- 9780870717543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.78
€ 18.99
€ 18.78
Hardcover. Written by a team of leading international specialists, this book comprehensively covers current knowledge of the chemical ecology of insect parasitoids. Chapters are organized in order to present the most significant discoveries of the last few decades, and on their potential application in pest control strategies. Editor(s): Wajnberg, Eric; Colazza, Stefano. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSGH; PSVT7; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 22. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118409527
- ISBN
- 9781118409527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.82
€ 152.82
Paperback. This text provides a comprehensive account of carnivore social behaviour. Synthesizing more than a decade of research in the wild, it offers a detailed account of the behaviour and ecology of cheetahs. Series: Wildlife Behaviour & Ecology S. Num Pages: 500 pages, 34 halftones, 102 line drawings, 90 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; PSVP; PSVS; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226094342
- ISBN
- 9780226094342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.54
€ 69.54
Paperback. Pyle's classic account of discovery along the migration trail of monarch butterflies is part natural history, part road trip adventure Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSVT7; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300203875
- ISBN
- 9780300203875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.49
€ 32.49
paperback. A fascinating record of one of the most famous journeys ever made. Editor(s): Keynes, Richard Darwin. Num Pages: 500 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; PSAJ; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 730. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035627
- ISBN
- 9780521003179
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Presents a synthesis/review of research methods and studies of cetaceans in their natural habitats. The book covers the history of cetacean behavioural research and methodology; state-of-the-art reviews of information on four of the most-studied species; and summaries of major topics. Editor(s): Mann, Janet; Connor, Richard C. (Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts, USA); Tyack, Peter L.; Whitehead, Hal (Professor of Biology, Dalhousie University, USA). Num Pages: 436 pages, 16 colour plates, 93 halftones, 2 maps, 41 line drawings, 21 tables. BIC Classification: PSVP; PSVS; PSVW73. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226503417
- ISBN
- 9780226503417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.34
€ 111.34
Hardcover. Squid, cuttlefish and octopuses, which form the marine mollusc group the cephalopods, are of great and increasing interest to marine biologists, physiologists, ecologists, environmental biologists and fisheries scientists. Cephalopods: Ecology and fisheries is a thorough review of this most important animal group. Num Pages: 464 pages, 172 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVT3; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632060481
- ISBN
- 9780632060481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 315.81
€ 315.81